This is very important as I cannot be without an USABLE email acct. We all have spent too much time discussing a simple business situation, and I especially don't want to waste your time as you have been you PATIENT & HELPFUL. Also, I'm not a typist and all this hunting, pecking is driving me up the wall.

I will be trying what you suggest on another (test) pc w/xp & oe to see how wlm12 installs & how well it functions.

cheers,

klx
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PS: How do you officially a "thank" person on this forum, can't find the link, button, or menu. Why not just a simple link or check box on every reply: Thanks

The Following User Says Thank You to Roderunner For This Useful Post:

Thanks again for being so helpful. So I don't have to be bothering you & the forum about basic configuration about wlm. I've searched the net to no avail, except a lot of mixed info, stories, confusion, about wlm and even it's name. I know "everyone" is using web mail. I could go to outlook, but I don't need an 8" howitzer to hunt squirrels.

Haven't checked B&N yet, but is there an operating manual or concise info on a web site for this thing since it's new, non intuitive, minimal interface is kludgy?

I was able to add an imap email address, & some is my spam is being eliminated but not like before. As far as v9 or v12, I don't care which one is better as they both use very hard-to-read, low contrast (below spec) EASTER BUNNY colors which are not changeable to more legible & professional color schemes.

I certainly sympathize with your reluctance to upgrade Windows Live Mail. These mail programs are extremely tricky and have inadequate instructions with them. For what its worth, probably not much, I can tell you that in my version of WLM, which is probably 2012, junk by itself does not block senders. Instead I have to use a setting that specifically says that a sender or domain is going to be blocked. So if you have a choice between junk and block, it may be advisable to use block to try to prevent mail from arriving.

The Following User Says Thank You to elikam For This Useful Post:

Thank you, finally an answer to my orig question. Yea, I know what you mean by: "These mail programs are extremely tricky and have inadequate instructions with them" heck, I have trouble going to the bathroom.

All I wanted was a simple email program, like OE. I have made quite a bit of money & have hundreds of satisfied customers/clients worldwide with that "terrible" program.

It's only email, it's not like we are not trying to put a man on the moon.

I'm keeping my wlm v9 and manually adding unwanted email to blocked just like I did in 1947. Progress?

The Following User Says Thank You to F.U.N. downtown For This Useful Post:

I use w7 pro 32 bit, w/xp virtual enabled so I can run mostly 1 older program that I can't replace.

Mostly I usew7 with wlm v9 and use no mail or web acces with virtual xp. My main w7 browser is FF 25.0.1 as has een since ff was introduced 6-7? yr ago.

You amy want to read the whole post, much was discussed concerning 2 important business considerations: Import/export blocked senders & flagging blocked senders. MS went back to 1947 to get the project mgr & coders.

I use w7 pro 32 bit, w/xp virtual enabled so I can run mostly 1 older program that I can't replace.

Mostly I usew7 with wlm v9 and use no mail or web acces with virtual xp.
You amy want to read the whole post, much was discussed concerning 2 important business considerations: Import/export blocked senders & flagging blocked senders.

klx

Aye that I did (read), else I shouldn't have known you had XP in VM and liked OE, hence my question. I didn't see where you may have mentioned no Internet access with the VM though. If you search the forum there is a discussion about a modern OE clone that's free to use for one or two accounts, pay for more. I have 7 or 8 accounts all wrapped into WLM 2009 or I would have given it a shot and remembered the name.